Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: implications for surgeons

Surgery. 1999 Feb;125(2):121-5.

Authors

A Fleenor-Ford¹, M K Hayden, R A Weinstein

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

PMID: 10026742

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacteremia / microbiology
Cross Infection / drug therapy
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Cross Infection / transmission
Drug Resistance, Microbial*
Enterococcus / drug effects*
Humans
Risk Factors
Surgical Procedures, Operative / adverse effects
Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / transmission
Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Vancomycin